Emphasis Preaching Journal

The telephone is a wonderful tool for communication. However, it can be both frustrating and frightening to wait for a phone call to come through in times of crisis. A friend shared the following story about one such occasion in his life. My mother was undergoing major surgery and I was not able to be there, as I was in graduate school more than 2,000 miles away from home. Time seemed to stop and even go backwards as the hours passed. I could not concentrate. I was restless. I wanted the phone to ring, but I was afraid the news might not be good.